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US News – 2012 RANKINGS

#1 Harvard University
#1 Princeton University
#3 Yale University
#4 Columbia University
#5 California Institute of Technology
#5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
#5 Stanford University
#5 University of Chicago
#5 University of Pennsylvania
#10 Duke University
#11 Dartmouth College
#12 Northwestern University
#13 Johns Hopkins University
#14 Washington University in St. Louis
#15 Brown University
#15 Cornell University
#17 Rice University
#17 Vanderbilt University
#19 University of Notre Dame
#20 Emory University
#21 University of California--Berkeley
#22 Georgetown University
#23 Carnegie Mellon University
#24 University of Southern California
#25 University of California--Los Angeles

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Best Value Schools – Good Schools at Great Prices
US News - 2012

#1 Harvard University
#2 Yale University
#3 Princeton University
#4 Stanford University
#5 Mass. Inst. Of Technology
#6 Columbia University
#7 Dartmouth College
#8 Calif. Inst. Of Trchnology
#9 Duke University
#10 Cornell University


(Based on % of students receiving financial aid, size of the typical aid package, and fraction of the total cost covered by aid package)

ridgway

Looks identical to what it always has...

HarvardParent

Yawn :-).........

cottonmather

Best Undergraduate Education - According to H.S. Counselors

High school counselor rank

#1 Harvard University
#1 Mass. Inst. Of Technology
#1 Stanford University
#1 Yale University
#5 Brown University
#5 Columbia University
#5 Dartmouth College
#5 Princeton University
#9 Cornell University
#9 Duke University
#9 Georgetown University
#9 Johns Hopkins University

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National Universities with a 6-yr graduation rate of 90% +

Harvard University
97%
Brown University
96%
Columbia University
96%
Princeton University
96%
University of Notre Dame
96%
University of Pennsylvania
96%
Yale University
96%
Dartmouth College
95%
Stanford University
95%
Duke University
94%
Northwestern University
94%
Washington University in St. Louis
94%
Cornell University
93%
Georgetown University
93%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
93%
University of Virginia
93%
Johns Hopkins University
92%
Rice University
92%
University of Chicago
92%
Boston College
91%
Brandeis University
91%
Tufts University
91%
University of California--Berkeley
91%
Vanderbilt University
91%
California Institute of Technology
90%

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Average Need-based Financial Aid Grant:

Harvard University
$39,156
Stanford University
$39,000
Yale University
$38,914
Columbia University
$38,356
Vanderbilt University
$36,352
Cornell University
$34,757
Dartmouth College
$36,401
Duke University
$35,578
University of Chicago
$34,650
Mass. Inst. Of Tech.
$35,266
Princeton University
$35,688
Brown University
$33,861